MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY

GRADE 8
JUNIOR SECONDARY
ASSESSMENT
BOOK

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 MATHEMATICS ACTIVITIES
KEY = C1- CAT ONE C2- CAT TWO END T- END TERM P.L – Performance level

STRAND/SUB-STRAND TERM ONE TERM TWO TERM THREE

1.0 NUMBERS C1 C2 END P.L C1 C2 END P.L C1 C2 ENDT P.L
T T
Integers
Fractions
Decimals
Squares and square roots
Rates, ratio, proportions and
percentages
2.0 ALGERBRA
Algebraic
Linear equations
3.0 MEASUREMENT
Circles
Area
TERM ONE,TWO, THREE

Money
4.0 GEOMETRY
Geometrical constructions
Coordinates and graphs
Scale Drawing
Common solids
5.0 DATA HANDLING
AND PROBABILITY
Data presentation and
interpretation
Probability
 KISWAHILI ACTIVITIES

STRAND/SUB-STRAND TERM ONE TERM TWO TERM THREE

1.0 KUSIKILIZA NA C2 END P.L C1 C2 END P.L C1 C2 ENDT P.L
KUZUNGUMZA T T
Kusikiliza na kujibu
Kusoma:ufahamu wa
kifungu cha simulizi
Kuandika: viakifishi
Sarufi : viwakilishi vya
nafsi, vionyeshi na vya
idadi
2.1 KUSIKILIZA NA
KUZUNGUMZA
Kusikiliza kwa kina
2.2 KUSOMA
Kusoma kwa mapana;
Matini ya Kujichagulia
2.3 Kuandika; barua ya
kirafiki
2.4 sarufi: Viwakilishi vya
sifa, Pekee na Viulizi
3.1 Kusikiliza na
kuzungumza
Hadithi mighani
3.2 Kusoma
TERM 1,2,3

Kusoma kwa kina:

Tamthilia
3.3 Kuandika
Insha ya kubuni
Masimulizi
3.4 Sarufi
Viwakilishi vimilikishi na
visisitizi
4.1 Kusikiliza na
Kuzungumza
Hadithi Visasili
4.2 Kusoma
Kusoma kwa ufasaha
4.3 KUANDIKA
Insha za kubuni
(Masimulizi)
4.4 SARUFI
Nyakati za Hali
5.1 KUSIKILIZA NA
KUZUNGUMZA
Kusikiliza Maagizo
5.2 KUSOMA
Kusoma kwa Ufahamu
5.3 Kuandika
Insha ya Maelekezo
5.4 Sarufi
Nyakati na Hali
6.1 Kusikiliza na
Kuzungumza
Kusikiliza kwa kusafiri
6.2 Kusoma
Kusoma kwa kina
6.3 kuandika
Insha za kubuni:mdokezo
Vivumishi vya sifa na
viashiria
7.1 Kusikiliza na
Kuzungumza
Usikilizaji Husishi
7.2 Kusoma
ufupisho
7.3 Kuandika
Insha za kubuni: Maelezo
7.4 sarufi
Vivumish vimilikish vya
idadi na vya sifa
8.1 Kusikiliza na
Kuzungumza
Aina za uzungumzaji;
uzungumzaji wa papo kwa
papo
8.2 Kusoma
Kusoma kwa kina;
Mandhari na Ploti
8.3 kuandika
Viakifishi : alama za mtajo
na mshazari
8.4 sarufi
Ngeli na upatanisho wa
kisarufi
9.1 Kusikiliza na
Kuzungumza
Kusikiliza kwa kina
9.2 Kusoma
Ufahamu wa Kifungu cha
Kuchawishi
9.3 Kuandika
Insha za Kubuni:
Masimulizi
9.4 Sarufi
Ngeli na Upatanisho wa
Kisarufi
10.1 Kusikiliza na
Kuzungumza
Hadithi Hurafa na Hekaya
10.2 Kusoma
Kusoma kwa Kina
10.3 Kunadika
Barua ya Kuomba Msaada
10.4 Sarufi
Vinyume vya Vitenzi na
Vielezi
11.1 Kusikiliza na
Kuzungumza
Kuzungumza kwa kutumia
vidokezo
11.2 Kusoma
Kusoma kwa Mapana :
Matini za kujichagulia
11.3 Kuandika
Insha za kubuni: maelezo
11.4 Sarufi
Mnyambuliko wa Vitenzi
12.1 Kusikiliza na
Kuzungumza
Kusikiliza kwa Makini
12.2 Kusoma
Kusoma kwa Ufasaha
12.3 kuandika
Insha za kiuamilifu: Hotuba
12.4 sarufi
Aina za sentensi :sentensi
changamoto
13.1 Kusikiliza na
Kuzungumza
Wahusika katika HADITHI
13.2 Kusoma
Kusoma kwa kina : Mbinu
za Lugha
13.3 Kuandika
Insha za Kubuni:Maelezo
13.4 Sarufi
Ukanushaji kwa kuzingatia
hali
14.1 Kusikiliza na
Kuzungumza
Lugha kwatika Hadithi
14.2 Kusoma
Kusoma kwa Ufahamu
14.3 Kuandika
Insha za Maelekezo
14.4 Sarufi
Udogo wa nomino
15.1 Kusikiliza na
Kuzungumza
Kusikiliza Husishi
15.2 Kusoma
Ufupisha
15.3 Kundika
Baruapepe
15.4 Sarufi
Usemi Halisi na Usemi wa
Tarifa
 AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION ACTIVITIES
STRAND/SUB-STRAND TERM ONE TERM TWO TERM THREE
C1 C2 END T P.L C1 C2 END T P.L C1 C2 ENDT P.L
CONSERVATION OF
RESOURCES
AGRICULTURAL ENV.
Soil conservation
measures
Water harvesting and
storage
FOOD PRODUCTION
PROCESS
Kitchen and backyard
gardening
Poultry rearing in a fold
TERM ONE, TWO, THREE

Crop pest and disease

control
Preparing animal products:
Fish and Poultry carcass
Preserving milk and meat
Cooking: preparing a
balanced meal
Hygiene practices

Cleaning the kitchen

Sewing Skills:
Constructing household
items
Constructing innovative
animal waterer
ICT support services
KEY = C1- CAT ONE C2- CAT TWO END T- END TERM P.L – Performance level
 CRE ACTIVITES
STRAND/SUB-STRAND TERM ONE TERM TWO TERM THREE
C1 C2 END P.L C1 C2 END P.L C1 C2 ENDT P.L
T T
CREATION

Origin and consequences of

sin
God’s plan for redemption

THE BIBLE

Faith and God’s promises

Abrahamic covenant
Leadership in Israel
MIRACLES OF JESUS
Healing of the
blind:bartimeus
TEACHINGS OF JESUS
TERM ONE, TWO, THREE

CHRIST
Teachings on prayer

The lost sheep

THE CHURCH

The Holy spirit

Act of passion

CHRISTIANS LIVING
TODAYMAL PROCTION
Family relationship

Human sexuality
Sacredness of life

Bullying
Work
Leisure
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CREATIVE ARTS AND SPORTS

STRAND/SUB-STRAND TERM ONE TERM TWO TERM THREE
CREATIVE ARTS AND SPORTS C1 C2 END P.L C1 C2 END P.L C1 C2 ENDT P.L
T T
Foundation of creative
arts and Sports
Introduction of creative
arts and Sports
Component creative arts
and Sports
CREATING AND
PERFORMING
CREATIVE ARTS AND
SPORTS
Composing rhythm
Athletics
Composing melody
Netball
TERM ONE,TWO, THREE

Descant Recorder
Volleyball
Kenyan folk dance

Option : swimming

APPRECIATION OF
CREATIVE ARTS AND
SPORTS
Analysis of creative arts
and Sports
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ENGLISH ACTIVITIES
STRAND/SUB-STRAND TERM ONE TERM TWO TERM THREE
Listening and speaking C1 C2 END P.L C1 C2 END P.L C1 C2 ENDT P.L
T T
Polite language: telephone
etiquette
Extensive reading:
independent readings
GRAMMAR IN USE

Word classes :compound

nouns
READING

Intensive reading: short

stories
Writing
Writing legibly and neatly
Listening and speaking
Oral presentation :song
Reading : intensive
reading : simple poems
Grammar in use:

Word classes : collective

nouns
Reading

Intensive reading : short

stories
Writing
Mechanics of writing:
punctuations
Listening and speaking
Listening comprehension
3.2 reading
Intensive reading
3.3 Grammars in use:
Word classes: primary
auxiliaries
3.4 Reading
Intensive reading: poetry
3.5 WRITING
Paragraphing sequencing
ideas
4.1 listening and Speaking
Listening comprehension:
selective listening
intensive reading
4.3 grammar in Use
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Verbs and tense

4.4 Reading
Intensive reading :short
story
4.5 writing
Paragraphing connectors of
sequence
5.1 Listening and
speaking
Pronunciation
5.2 Reading
Study skills –references
material
5.3 grammar in use
Word classes: adjectives
5.4 Reading
Intensive reading :short
story
5.5 Writing
Functional writing: apology
letter
6.1 Listening and
speaking
Conversational skills:
disagreeing politely
6.2 Reading
Reading fluency: poem
6.3 grammar in Use
Word classes: adverbs
6.4 Reading
Intensive reading :short
stories
6.5 Reading
Mechanics of writing
7.1 listening and speaking
Listening for details
7.2 reading
Intensive reading: Visual
7.3 grammar in Use
Word classes : pronouns
7.4 Reading
Intensive reading: short
story
7.5 writing
Composition writing
8.1 listening and speaking
Listening and responding:
Oral narratives
- Myths
8.2 Reading
Intensive reading: poem
8.3 Grammar in use
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Word classes :simple

prepositions
8.4 Reading : intensive
reading
Poetry
8.5 writing
Assessment writing
9.1 Listening and speaking
Pronunciation
9.2 Reading
Extensive reading : Grade
appropriate fiction
Material characters
9.3 grammar in Use
Word classes : conjunctions
– because,
that,when,if,unless and
since
9.4 reading
Intensive reading: similes
and metaphors
Writing
Creative writing :Narrative
composition (240-280
words )
10.1 Listening and speaking
Oral presentation
10.2 Reading
Study skills : Note making
10.3 Grammar in Use
Word classes: determiners
and Quantifiers
10.4 Reading
Intensive reading :short story
10.5 Writing
Listening and Speaking
Functional writing: Thank
you notes and congratulatory
notes
11.1 Listening and speaking
Conversational Skills:
Interviews
11.2 Reading
Extensive Reading: Non-
fiction
11.3 Grammar in Use
Word classes : Adverbs
11.4 intensive Reading :
Lesson learnt
11.5 Writing
Mechanic of writing :
prefixes and suffixes
12.1 Listening and speaking
Listening to Respond:
Attitude
12.2 Reading
Intensive reading:
comprehension strategies
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12.3 Grammar in Use

Phrasal verbs
12.4 Reading
Short story: character
12.5 Writing
The writing process
13.1 Listening and speaking
Extensive listening : poems
13.2 Reading
Intensive
reading :comprehension
strategies
13.3 Grammar in Use
Word classes : Compound
sentence
13.4 Reading
Short story: Style
13.5 Reading
Creative Narrative
Composition idioms
14.1 Listening and Speaking
Pronunciation and
information
14.2 Reading
Study Skills
14.3 Grammar
Sentences Active and
Passive Voice
14.4 Reading
Extensive reading: Short
story
14.5 Reading
Creative Writing :
Description Writing
15.1 Listening and Speaking
Oral Reports :Event
15.2 Reading
Reading Fluency
15.3 Grammar in Use
Types of Sentences:
Interrogative sentences
15.4 Reading
Poems
15.5 Writing
Functional Writing Personal
Journals

INTEGRATED SCIENCE ACTIVITIES

STRAND/SUB-STRAND TERM ONE TERM TWO TERM THREE

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1.0 Mixtures, Elements and C1 C2 END P.L C1 C2 END P.L C1 C2 ENDT P.L
compound T T
Elements and Compound
1.0 Mixtures , elements
TERM ONE,TWO, THREE

and compounds
Physical and chemical
changes
Classes of fire
2.0 Living things and
their environment
The cell
Movement of materials in
and out of the cell
Reproduction in human
Transformation of energy
3.0 Force and energy
Pressure

PRE- TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES

STRAND/SUB-STRAND TERM ONE TERM TWO TERM THREE

1.0 Foundations of pre- technical C1 C2 END P.L C1 C2 END P.L C1 C2 ENDT P.L
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studies T T
Fire and data safety
Computer hardware
Consumer and investor
protection
2.0 Communication
Business communication
Plain scale drawing
Visual programming
TERM ONE,TWO, THREE

Material for production

Composite Materials
ceramics
4.0 Tools and production
Cutting tools
Cutting tools
Production unit
5.0 Entrepreneurship
Bookkeeping
Income and Budgeting
Marketing goods and
Services
Saving and Investment

IRE ACTIVITIES
STRAND/SUB-STRAND TERM ONE TERM TWO TERM THREE
1.0 Qur’an C1 C2 END P.L C1 C2 END P.L C1 C2 ENDT P.L
T T
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Modes of preservation of
the qur’an
Divisions of the qur’an
Selected verse (Al- Luqman
12-19
2.0 Hadith
Ulum al- Hadith
Selected Hadith
3.0Pillars of Iman
TERM ONE,TWO, THREE

Belief in revealed scripture

Ulul –Azm prophet
4.0 Devotional Acts
Prayers on special
occasions
Hajj
5.0 Akhlaq(Moral Values)
Commanding good and
forbidding evil
Virtues in Islam
Prohibition in Islam
6.0 Muamalat (social
relation
Divorce
Types of divorce
Trade and Finance in Islam
Human Right
The rightly guided caliphs

SOCIAL STUDIES ACTIVITIES

STRAND/SUB-STRAND TERM ONE TERM TWO TERM THREE
1.0 Social studies and Personal C1 C2 END P.L C1 C2 END P.L C1 C2 ENDT P.L
Management T T
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Personal Goal setting

Building self esteem
Emotional care
Healthy coping Mechanism
Resilience
Risky Behaviors
TERM ONE,TWO, THREE

Personality tests
2.0 People and Population
Scientific Theory about
Human Origin
Early civilization
Trans- Saharan slave trade
Population growth in Africa
Photograph Work
3.0 Interpersonal
Relationship skills
Socio- Cultural Diversity
and Inclusion
Building Healthy
Relationship
Level of communication
Determinants of
Assertiveness
Nurturing empathy
Negative peer influence
People and population
Peaceful Conflict resolution
Unresolved conflicts
Process of negotiation
4.0 Natural and Historic
Build
Map reading and
interpretation
Weather and climate
Vegetation in Africa
Historical Sites and
Monument in Africa
5.0 resources Economic
and Development
Sustainable Resource
Utilization
6.0 Decision Making Skills
Making informed decisions
Essential skills I critical
thinking
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Development of creative
thinking
Process of problem solving
7.0 Community Learning
projects
8.0 Political development
and Governance
The constitution of Kenya
Democratic principles and
practices
Human rights
African diaspora
Citizenship
Governance
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END OF TERM ONE YEAR 20

Facilitator /Teacher comments on competencies Achieved:

Comments on Behaviour/Social Report:

Feedback on Acquisition of Values: Total Average Term Scores:

Out of General Performance Level:

Next Term Begins: Closing date: Head Teacher Stamp:

END OF TERM TWO YEAR 20

Facilitator /Teacher comments on competencies Achieved:

Comments on Behavior/Social Report:

Feedback on Acquisition of Values: Total Average Term Scores:

Out of General Performance Level:

Next Term Begins: Closing date: Head Teacher Stamp:

END OF TERM THREE YEAR 20

Facilitator /Teacher comments on competencies Achieved:

Comments on Behaviour/Social Report:

Feedback on Acquisition of Values:

Learner End Year Report/Transition report:

Total Average Term Scores: Out of General Performance Level:

Next Term Begins: Closing date: Head Teacher Stamp:

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GENERAL TRANSITION REPORT

Areas of weakness to be observed in the learner

Areas of strengths to be emphasized

Talk About Leaners Ability and Talent Acquisition

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